Casting-separating machine.



` lM. B. MURRAY; CASTING SEPARATING MAcHlNE.

ARPLICAUON FILED NDV.16| 191?.

' Pafejlted Mar. 18,

6 SHEETSv-S'HEET -I Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

M. B. MURRAY.

.CASTING SEPARATIN@ MACHINE. `APPLlcArloN FILED Nv. L6. l-su.

M. B. MURRAY.

y I CASTING sEPARAnNG MACHINE. f

. APPLICATION FILED NOV- l6`| |9|1 1,297,486.

m 6 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

III lll- IIIUI- HIT 5314152 ntoz attorney Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

aktozncl Mps. MURRAY. CASTING SVEVPARATING MACHINE.`

APPucmoN FILED nov. t6. 19u.

VPatented Mar. 18,1919.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 4 M. B. MURRAY.

CASTING SEPARATING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 16. 1917.

6 SHEETS-SHEET-.

@Mounts Patented Mar. 18,1919.

M. B. MURRAY.

CA-STING SEPARTING MACHINE. APPLICATWN FILED NOV. 16. |941.

Patented Mar. 18,1919.

s SHEETSLSHET 6.

arto: new

rafrnnr 'mien MU'RZEtAY, 0F LBION, MICHIGAN'.

CASTING-SEPARATIN G MACHINE.

To dll-'whom t mayconoern:

,Be itv known that I, MoNTFoRn B. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Albion, vcounty of Calhoun, State of Michigan, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Casting- Separating Machines, and declare the following to be a full, clear, 'and exact description of the' same, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which forma part of this specification.

This invention vrelates to machines for separatlng castings, and its object is a machine adapted to take a stack of annealing.

pots containing the castings and packing and separate the castings and packing. A further object of the invention is a selfepro'- pelled machine adapted topick up stacks of pots in sequence from a row and separate the castings and' packing as stated' and discharging the empty pots, packing, and castings separately. Other objects of the invention reside in thepmeans taking the stack of pots and shaking the contents from the individual pots of the stack in sequence. Further features of theinvention are involved in the means for shaking the pots and in delivering the castings separately from the packing. These and other objects and the several novel features of the invention in its preferred form are hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the device for picking up the stack and transferring the pots to the shaker device. F Fig. 4 is a section taken on line -W of Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail showing the device for picking up the stack of pots and mechanism employed in elevating the stack to position for delivering the pots to the shaker. r y

Fig. y6 is a plan view showing the rollers on which the pots are delivered for the sha-king operation.

Fig. 7 is an elevation thereof showing the mountingl of the roller.

Fig. 8 is an end view showing the method lemployed for y Specification of Letterslatent. i Patented Mar. 1,8, 1919. Appliation filed November 16', 1917. i Serial N o. 202,433.

movement thereof.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the driving mech? anism employed for operating the machine.

Fig. 10 is a detail of a portion of the driving apparatus.

The machine consists preferably of. the metal framework indicated aft l and having upper `and lower horizontal members connected by vertical members 2 forming a substantially rectangular-box like skeleton frame. At the forward end of this framework is carried a structure 3 carrying the fixed vertica-'l memibers 4 which in turn support what I have termed the transfer' and unloading device 5 indicated more clearly in Figs. 3, 4 yan-d 5. Attached to the inner side of the vertical members 4 is a member 6 having a channel 7 therein providing a guideway at each side for rollers 8 on the ends of the horizontal shaft 9. This shaft i is carried at the lower end of the vertical members l0 forming the unloader frameworkv as indicated clearly in Fig. 3. AA

sha-ft 11 is also provided at the upper end of these frames and both the shafts 9 and 11 have a pair of sp-rocket wheels thereon as indicated clearly in Fig. 4. On each upper and lower sprocket wheels runs a .chain 12, the chains being connected by a series of bars 13 which may be attached thereto in any approved manner as 'by the U shaped brackets 14. The shaft 11 on opposi-te ends is provided with a Smooth faced friction wheel 15 whereby the shafts and chains may -be operated as hereinafter described. Extending across the lower end of the unloader and preferably supported beneath the pots for member 16 on which the stacks of pots rest when the unloader is in vertical'position as shown in Fig. 1, the pots being indicated thereon in dotted lines.

The frame of the machine on the inside and on opposite side members thereof is provided with a grooved track member 17, each ytrack member receiving'a roller 18 on each side member 10 of the unloader frame as indicated clearly in Fig. 3. The rollers are each supportedbn a stub sha-ft. 19 carried by a bracket 20 connected with the frame members 10. As before stated the rollers 8 ride in the vertica'l channels 7 mounted on the unloader frame and the rollers-18 ride in the grooved channel 17 the shaft 9 is a table 1 attached to the framework. Therefore, by vertical movement of the unloader frame the said frame may be lbrought upward from the -position shown at the left hand end of Fig. 1, the upper end of the framework drawing to the right by reason of the rollers 18 riding in the channels 17, as the' vertical frame is moved.- upward until it assumes the horizontal position as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and' 5. In this position the friction wheels 15 are brought into engagement with similar wheels 21 on the shafts 22 operated in a manner hereinafter stated. Therefore, when the unloader device has been brought to the posiv tion shownby dotted lines in Fig. 1, by

reason of the weight of the device and load.

carried, the wheels 15 are made to friction ally engage the driving wheels 21 and thus the shaftI 11 and the chain members 12 are rota-ted. This movement moves the pots toward the right as indicated by 'dotted 'lines in Fig. 1 to lthe shaker device hereinafter described.

The unloader device 1s moved upward in the manner described by means of a 4cable 23. This cable may be attached to the frame `member as indicated at 24 in Fig. 1, passes thence upward about a -pulley 25, thence downward about a pulley 26 loosely mounted thereon so that rotation of the From the pulley 26, the cable extends upward about the pulley 27 and thence downward to the winding drum 28 on the shaft 29 eX- tending crosswise of the machine near the forward end. Thisshaft 29 lis driven by means of a motor 30. in geared relation with a gear on a shaft .31 extending crosswise from the machine which is in turn geared to the shaft 29 by means of a gear mesh,

ing with the gear 32. It is to be noted that, there. is a cable 23 onopposite sides of the machine as indicated more clearly in Fig. 1, and thus on rotation of the shaft 29 the unloader frame is raisedl with the lower end thereof driven in the vertical channels 7 and the upper end turned to brin the unloader to horizontal plane yas previously stated, whereupon the chains 12 Y are operated and the box is delivered to vthe unloader.Y When the Ipots have been discharged as stated, the overh-anging weight of the unloader is suiiicient to return i-t to vertical position on release of the winding drums and cables 23.

It is to be understood thatin a foundry for instance, where a great many castings are made, the pots are usually stacked in rows after the castings have been poured and this machine is brought to the rows and the first stack is placed thereon and machine operated to deliver the pots to the shaking device after the manner described and then the machine is moved forward and the second stack of the row lis pickedl up and emptied and the operation repeated for all the stacks.

The shaking device to which the pots are delivered from the transfer and unloader device is indicated in Figs. 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8. In Figs. 1 and 2 it will b e observed that a Vchain 33 is provided on opposite sidesv of the positioned members 34 on the two chains 33 1. `These clralns run about' a as seen in Fig.

sprocket wheel at the forward end on the shaft 37 in the inside of the framework and,

on opposite sides thereof as will'be understood from -Fig. 2. These chains extend from the sprocket 37 to the rear end of the machine about a sprocket 38 on the shaft 39 supported at the upper side of the framework at the end and thence about a sprocket on the shaft 40, which shaft is adjustablv mounted in the bracket 41 carried at the lower side of the framework at the end. By thisv arrangement for adjusting the shaft the chains may be tightened to take up slack. These chains are driven by the shaft V37 which shaft is driven by means of a chain 43 running on'vthe sprocket 42 of the shaft 37 and sprocket L14of the drive shaft 45 extending -across the lower side of the framework. The shaft 45 is driven by means of an electrical motor 46 which drives a chain 47 connected with a sprocket wheel 48 on the shaft 45. This driving mechanism is shown in detail in Fig. 9 and by driving the shaft 37 as indicated, the chains 33 are made to move in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1. As also indicated in said figure, the annealing pots with the castings and packing therein are discharged from the transfer table in the manner hereinafter described to fall onto the rollers 36 carried by the chains 33 open side downward so that the castings and packing are both discharged therefrom to fall between the rollers, those being Iall that extends across the machine at the point mentioned from the shaft 37 to the rear end of the machine as will be understood from Fig. 2. lThe castings and packing in fallingy through lthe rollers, fall onto4 a series of longitudinally extending bars 49 lying at an 'angle to the horizontal as is shown in Fig. 1. At the lower end these bars 49 rest loosely on the shaft or bar 50 ektendin'g transversely of the machine and at the upper forward end are connected With the shaft 37 in a manner indicated in Fig. 2. This shaft is provided with a series of eccentrics, the eccentric bands 51 extending thereab'outl each being connected with a bar 49, and by arrangement of the eccentric' and connection of the bars there- With the bars during rotation of the shaft are given a reciprocatory motion. The bars are spaced apartl transversely of the machine as indicated and the motion o-f the bars continues to shake the material from the castings and tween the bars, and the castings, by reason of the motion of the bars, being finally discharged at the lower end onto the inclined table 52 down which fthe castings roll into suitable collecting device that maybe positioned to receve the same. The packing simply drops through the bars and onto the floor and the pots are discharged at t'he rear end of the machine riding off from the rollers 36 in the manner indicated with the pot a-t the end of the machine shown in Fig. 1.

In order to insure the pots being discharged of their contents, a sawtooth track 53 is provided on each sideof the4 upper part of the framework of the machine preferably just inside the chain member 33 and, by movement -of the chains v abou-t the sprockets, the rollers are moved vertically in the slots provided in the members 34 and the pots are shaken vertically to discharge the contents.

To further insure thev proper driving of the chains 33 the shaft 37 on lthe end opposite that shown in Fig. l is provided with a sprocket on which runs a chain 90 driving a sprocket 91 on the shaft 39 at the rear end of the machine.

The driving mechanism for ope-rating the shaker is shown clearly in Fig. 9 Where it may be seen rthat the chain 47 drives the shaft 45 on the outer end of which is the gear 44 for driving the chain 43 and the shaft 37. As will be l 9, a clutch device 55 is mounted on the shaft 45 which, as shown in Fig. 10, extends through the pot 56 on the frame member of the machine and through gear 44. The gear and hub are rotatable on the shaft and are connected to the outer drum of the clutch 55, the inner clutch member of which is indicated at 58 and the operating collar at 59. The member 58 is keyed to the shaft 45 and, by sliding'of the collar 59, the member 58 is, through operation of shown),

the dogs 60, made to frictionally engage the member 55 by `which connection the gear 44 is made to turn with the'shaft 45. There is an operating lever for this clutch (not here operable from the operators stand 6l shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. By they the shaker chains may be operated at will. n.

Carried on the frame at the rear of the shaft- 45 is a transverse shaft 62 having sprockets 63 and 64 on opposite ends thereof i each connected by means of a chain 65 with a 'sprocket 67 0n each rear wheel 66 of the machina By operation of thel motor 46, a

packingdropping through bc- 'tact with similar wheels 2l.

understood from F ig.

the hub 57 of the' shaft 62, and sprockets 63 and 64, the machine may be lpropelled to any desired positi'on on the floor, it beingxunderstood that the forward wheels 68 are steering wheels guided, for instance, by means of a steering wheel 69 at the operators Stand. The shaft 62 is provided with a gear 70 driving ya differential gear set in the casing 71 connected respectively with two parts of tl'ieshaft 62 as will be readily understood. The gear 72 on the shaft 45 meshes with the gear 70 and drives the lsame and the gear 2 is connected with a case or drum 73 of a clutch similar in construction to that of the clutch l55, the shell 73 and gear being loosely mounted on the shaft and adapted to be clutched thereto by operation of the sliding member 74. Thus at will the machine may be propelled over the floor by setting of the clutch members 74, and the clutches independently or simultaneously driven as determined by the operatorby setting the clutches. As we stated heretofore, the friction wheels *15 of the transfer and unloading` device are operated by reason of con- These wheels plainly in Fig. 2, being on carried in lbearings provided in brackets 75 on each side respectively, of the machine. On the outer end of the shafts for the friction wheels 2l are sprockets operated by a chain 76 which chain runs over an idler sprocket 77 in the opposite end of the bracket.. rFhe chain 76 intermediate the shaft for the friction wheels 2l and the idler 77 runs -over a sprocket 78 'on the shaft 37 by means of which the chain is driven, as will be understood from Fig. l. V

From the foregoing description `it bccomes evident that while the machine is large and substantial in character it is comparatively simple and economical in operation, particularly in that annealingpots in quantity may be emptied of their contents and for this purpose it is preferable that the stacks of pots 'be slightly elevated above the floor in order to allow the foot or receiver member 50 of the transfer and unloading device to be insertedthereunder by movement of the vehicle. Thereupon the winding drums 28 are set into operation windingupV the cables23 and raising the transfer and unloading devices 'in a manner hereinafter stated to the horizontal position with the rollers l5 in contact with the driving rolls 2l and operating the chains l2 and the conveyer. The conveyer moves the pots in sequence backward and face downward onto the shaker device, which,` by reason of the vertical movement of the rollers on which the pots are deposited, shakes the material v outof the pots and onto the grating formed of the bars 49. The castings are delivered 2l are shown independent shafts,

` to. the inclined table 52 at the rear of the a table adapted to be introducedbeneath a device upon which they may be allowed to bdeposit on the iioor or into any suitable receptacle properly positioned therefor. It is further to be noted that the control of the deviceis simple indeed, the motor for operating the winding drum being controlled from the operators table although the connecting mechanism'for control thereof is not here indicated, the mechanism for' stack of pots, a transfer device carried by the frame in fixed relation with lthe table, and

means for raising the frame and transfer device and turning the same to a position whereby the stack of pots rests uponthe transfer device, the transfer device being inoperative in the pick-up position, operating means l`for the transfer device with which the said transfer device is brought to 'operative relation upon the .raising of the frame, and transfer device, a shaker onto which the pots are discharged by the transfer device, a receiver for the castings and packing, and

means for separating the castings and packing.

2. In a machine for separating castings and packmg from the annealing pots, consisting of a shaker device movable longitudinally able rapidly in a vertical plane during the longitudinal movement, and means for picking up a 'stack of pots, the said means consisting of a frame adapted Ito be turned from vertical to horizontal position, means for .turning the frame, and transfer apparatus carried by the. frame brought into operation upon `turn1ng the frame to horizontal position, he transfer device discharging the pots onto the shaker. f

3. In a machine adapted to separate castings from the annealing pots and packing, a pick-updevice adapted to pick-up filled annealing pots, a shaker device, a transfer device adapted to receive the potsl from. the pick-up device and transfer the same tothe shaker device, means for operating the shaker device to discharge the contents of the pots and finally separately discharge the empty pots, -a receiver onto which the contents of the pots fall, the receiver consisting of a series of inclined spaced bars, the spacingl allowing the packing to pass therel device,

and turning the same with the transfer deof the machine and having parts movend of the bars.

through and the bars retaining the castings, means for operating the bars and agitate the castings, the agitation tending to roll the castings down the inclined bars and disy charge the packing therebetween, 'and a receiving -table onto which the lcastings pass from the bars.

4. In a device of A4the character described, mechanism for' picking up a stack of filled annealing pots with rthe open side upward, means for elevating the pick-up device and turning the' same to horizontal position, means for discharging the po'ts from the said a shaker positioned to receive the pots from the pick-up, a transfer device, the pots being discharged -thereonto open side downward, the shaker mechanism being adapted to rapidly shalne the pots in a vertical plane and further eing adapted to discharge the pots from the machine, a grating positioned below the shaker device onto which the packing and castings from' the annealing-pots is delivered, the grating being l of a. character to allow the packing and like material to fall therethrough and retain the. castings, means for operating the grating to discharge the castingsat a point separately from rthe packing, and-means operable at will for propelling the machine to pick up stacks of pots insequence.

5. In amachine of the character described, apick-up device adapted tol pick up a stack of filled 'annealing pots, a table on which the pots are received, a frame connected with the table and extending at a right' angle to the 100 plane of the table, a transfer device consisting of a pair of chains and bars connecting the same and shafts for the chains, means for raising the framework and receiving table vice-lying in a horizontal plane, means operable at will for driving the said chains to discharge the pots .in sequence from the transfer device, a shaker device onto which the pots are discharged open side downward, the shaker device being adapted to rapidly shake the-pots in a verticalplane, a receiver for the packing and castings shaken from vthe pots consisting of a series of spaced-finclined bars reciprocable in alternate relation, the bars being spaced allowing the packing to pass therebetween and retaining the castings, movement of the bars tending to discharge the castings at the lower endthereof, and a receiver for the castings at the lower 6. A machine for picking up` a stack of pots containing packing and castings, comprising a pick-up device at the forward end of the machine, means for raising the pick-up device vand turning the `same toa horizontal plane, means for discharging the pots in' sequence from the pick-up device, a shaker device onto which the'pots are discharged.' from the pick-up device, the shaker devicey consisting of a series of chains spaced apart and spaced rollers connecting the two chains, the rollers being adapted for limited vertical movement relative to the chains, and a sawtooth member adjacent each chain on which the rollers ride yproducing1 rapid vertical movement thereof to shake the pots during the traveling of the same on the rollers whereby the pots are-emptied of their contents and linally discharged from the'machine by operation of the chains, means for operating thechains at will, a receiver onto which the packing and castings fall from the shaker, the receiver being adapted to allow the packing to pass herethrough and to retain the castings, mea s for discharging the castings from the receiver, and an inclined table onto which the castings are discharged.y

7. In a machine of the character described, a pick-up and transfer device, comprising a vertical stationary framework at the forward end of the machine, a transfer device supported thereby consisting of a receivin table normally positioned in a horizont-a plane and a conveyer device positioned in a vertical plane, means for propelling the machine to introduce the receiver table beneath the stack of filled annealing pots, a vertical guideway on each xed vertical member, rollers on the receiver and conveyer frame operating in the guideways at the lower end thereof, a second pair of guideways on the fixed part of the framework, said second guideways being curved in form and extending toward the rear of the machine, a pair of rollers near the upper end of the conveyer frame riding in the cur-ved guideways, means for raising the conveyer and receiver frame whereby the rollers at the lower end of the conveyer frame are brought to the upper part of the guideways therefor and the rollers at the upper end .are brought toward the rear of the machine by the curved guideways positioning the conveyer device in a horizontal plane with the pots resting thereon, means brought into operation by the positioning of the device in a horizontal plane packlng.

adapted to drive the conveyer and discharge the pots therefrom in sequence, a shaker device for receiving the pots and discharging the contents thereof, a receiver said contents are discharged, means for op- .erating the shaker to discharge the pots separately from the packing and castings, and means fork` operating the receiver to` discharge the castings separately from the 8. Ina machine ingsfrom the pac for separating the castg and annealing pots conslsting of means for pickingpp a stack pass by agitation of the grating and deliv.

ering the castings separately from' the packing, power mechanism for operating the pick-up device, and independent power mechanism adapted to at will operate the transfer mechanism and the shaker and re- -ceiving devices and independently or simultaneously propel the machine.

9. A machine for separating castings and packing from the annealing pots comprising means for picking up a vertical stack of filled pots, means for turning the pick-up means and pots thereon to horizontal position, a transfer device brought into operation by the horizontal positioning of the pick-up device adapted to transfer the filled ots to the shaker device, said shaker device eing adapted to discharge the empty pots from the machine, a receiver for the castings and-packing, and means for separately discharging -the castings and packing from the machine.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification. I

^ MONTFORD B. MURRAY.

onto which 

